Tuesday, February 24, 2015

3:30 PM

Former Kenosha teacher Kristi LaCroix said she supports
right-to-work, and noted that when she tried to become a fair share member of
the teacher’s union there was still being money spent on political purposes.
She said it took years to get the budgets to find out other spending on political
purposes, which was refunded.

She said as an employee that she was being paid the same as
other union members and could not negotiate her own wage.

“I know my own worth,” LaCroix said. “I want to be able to
negotiate for my own wages.”

Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Kenosha, challenged LaCroix, saying she benefited from good wages and perks as a teacher in Kenosha.